Letter to the Chairman from the Lord Triesman
of Tottenham, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS: DRAFT
VIRGIN ISLANDS
CONSTITUTION ORDER
I refer to my previous letter of 29 April 2007
enclosing the above draft Order, which sets out a new Constitution
for the Virgin Islands.
I am writing to advise you that at the request
of the Government of the Virgin Islands (BVI), we have amended
Section 2 (2)(d) of the draft Order as follows (bold text indicates
new text added):
(d) is born outside the Virgin Islands of
a father or mother who is a British overseas territories citizen
by virtue of birth in the Virgin Islands or descent from a
father or mother who was born in the Virgin Islands or who
belongs to the Virgin Islands by virtue of birth in the Virgin
Islands or descent from a father or mother who was born in
the Virgin Islands;
The new wording is intended to ensure that qualification
for status as a Virgin Islander by descent for those born outside
the Virgin Islands is restricted to the second generation, and
does not extend further. Although this wording is now narrower
than was originally proposed by the BVI and agreed by the UK,
the limitation is reasonable, and I have agreed to this change.
David Triesman
The Lord Triesman of Tottenham
6 June 2007
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